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First, my hands are clean hehe.
What I mean is when I have to rapidly switch from one note to another one located on another string, often my finger is making the string make a sound. You know when you don't bow and just do finger exercises? You hear the strings a bit. Well it's annoying me because my song sounds bleh with that aftersound. What is the correct way to change strings very quickly without that sound please? It seems mostly a problem from the D to A string dunno why, A to E is fine, maybe the thickness?
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Everybody is different so I can only tell you how I mess up the strings.
I come off the string at a VERY slight angle thereby creating a plucking sound.
I do not get the sound if I come off the string in a strictly vertical direction.
I guess it is a form of latent pizzicato going on.
I call this problem "lazy fingers".
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Same here, I can only speak for myself! LOL
I have the case of "lazy fingers" as well! But other times, I have a bad habit of locking down my fingers and pressing really hard on the fingerboard. When that happens, my calluses tend to take over. If I don't lift my fingers just right, I'll get that "sticking" sensation because of the string imprints on my fingers! LOL
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Ah yes it makes sense! I will work on more verticallity. I get strings imprinted in fingers also EJ but I'm working on it I'm concious I put too much weight on them. My bow is lazy like my fingers when I switch strings quickly sometime I catch a bit of the previous one it's soooo annoying!
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
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NoirVelours said
I just adore how we all struggle over the same little things even if they are not exactly the same makes it more human I think, more real and understanding!
Funny you should mention that! It reminded me of when I was a kid, taking trumpet lessons! We would all compare fat lips at the end of rehearsal! LOL
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NoirVelours said
Ah yes it makes sense! I will work on more verticallity. I get strings imprinted in fingers also EJ but I'm working on it I'm concious I put too much weight on them. My bow is lazy like my fingers when I switch strings quickly sometime I catch a bit of the previous one it's soooo annoying!
Ditto this!!! Lol
I am amazed at how old people of my age are.....
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Callous? I... callous? oh well... there goes my manucured nails I was hoping to have for summer! If it can make the pain go away I think I'm ok with this, my fingertips are so sensible right now that I think my subconscient wants me to play on the pads instead!
"It can sing like a bird, it can cry like a human being, it can be very angry, it can be all that humans are" Maxim Vengerov
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When you figure out how to get callouses from playing the violin please let me know. I think it is a badge of "true grit".
I also have not figured out how to get a violin hickey but I've seen quite a few in high school age performers and I'll take it that their wounds are musically related.
It would really be cool if I had callouses AND a hickey at the same time. People would think I was really dedicated!
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Fiddlerman said
Try using some hand lotion that gets absorbed into your skin. That might help you with the sticky string sound when lifting your fingers and avoid dryness and future calluses.
Not trying to be argumentative, but I have to question the "hand lotion" solution to the problem.
Having been a carpenter for 42 years and working outside most of the time, the hand's tend to get pretty dry, rough and cracked. I have tried using various kind's of hand lotion which actually did soak into the skin, you couldn't feel it, until you began to perspire, then the skin excreted the lotion back out.
My thinking is that while playing, your hand's may tend to sweat / perspire bringing the lotion back to the surface transfering to the string's. If this happen's, the lotion can get absorbed into the micro winding's of the string's, deadning the sound of a clean string.
Wiping the string's with a dry cloth probably won't remove the hidden "crud" absorbed into the string's, therefore dust can be attracted to string's adding to the tonal problem.
My thought's only and I'm probably wrong again on this topic.
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Fiddlestix, here's an idea for you,,, virgin coconut oil.
Just recently, a dear friend told me about the many and varied benefits of coconut oil, so I bought a 10 oz. jar. I started trying it for EVERYTHING; hair, face, hands, everything (it's completely natural, no additives, for people with very sensitive skin), I've even used it to lubricate prongs that slide into [electrical] sockets. It has definitely made my fingers less scratchy.
And in regard to your issue of "sweating out" the applied lotion, I know EXACTLY what you mean; I never use lotion for that exact reason. But try virgin coconut oil; not the same problem.
In having said that, I don't know that lubed fingers have stopped that string catching for me; granted I don't apply oil to my fingers just before I play.
I've been tempted to buy metal thimbles for each of my fingers to see if that works!
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